The featured chart shows the daily climatology of growing degree days along with the actual values for 2013. The past three weeks have been a struggle with most days only accumulating 10-20 units. Given the late planting dates for crops in the state, having cool weather this time of year is actually the better of two evils. Having hot weather and little precipitation would have imposed heat stress on the crop. Instead the cool and dry weather has allowed the crop to limp along as it matures. While the near term benefits of cool weather are good, an early fall frost is of now of concern more than ever.

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